diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad64a1e5..786c79a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0.M2</version>
+        <version>2.1.4.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
     <groupId>guru.springframework</groupId>
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpasyncclient</artifactId>
+            <version>4.1.4</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
             </plugin>
-<!--            require maven 3.60 or higher, require Java 11 or higher-->
+<!--            require maven 3.6.0 or higher, require Java 11 or higher-->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClient.java b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..706de81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.client;
+
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.BeerDto;
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.CustomerDto;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * Created by jt on 2019-04-23.
+ */
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "sfg.brewery", ignoreUnknownFields = false)
+@Component
+public class BreweryClient {
+
+    public final String BEER_PATH_V1 = "/api/v1/beer/";
+    public final String CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 = "/api/v1/customer/";
+    private String apihost;
+
+    private final RestTemplate restTemplate;
+
+    public BreweryClient(RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) {
+        this.restTemplate = restTemplateBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    public BeerDto getBeerById(UUID uuid){
+        return restTemplate.getForObject(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1 + uuid.toString(), BeerDto.class);
+    }
+
+    public URI saveNewBeer(BeerDto beerDto){
+        return restTemplate.postForLocation(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1, beerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void updateBeer(UUID uuid, BeerDto beerDto){
+        restTemplate.put(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1  + uuid, beerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void deleteBeer(UUID uuid){
+        restTemplate.delete(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1 + uuid );
+    }
+
+    public void setApihost(String apihost) {
+        this.apihost = apihost;
+    }
+
+    public CustomerDto getCustomerById(UUID customerId) {
+        return restTemplate.getForObject(apihost+ CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 + customerId.toString(), CustomerDto.class);
+    }
+
+    public URI saveNewCustomer(CustomerDto customerDto) {
+        return  restTemplate.postForLocation(apihost + CUSTOMER_PATH_V1, customerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void updateCustomer(UUID customerId, CustomerDto customerDto) {
+        restTemplate.put(apihost + CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 + customerId, customerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void deleteCustomer(UUID customerId) {
+        restTemplate.delete(apihost + CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 + customerId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/config/BlockingRestTemplateCustomizer.java b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/config/BlockingRestTemplateCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a42d0c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/config/BlockingRestTemplateCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.config;
+
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultConnectionKeepAliveStrategy;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateCustomizer;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+/**
+ * Created by jt on 2019-08-08.
+ */
+@Component
+public class BlockingRestTemplateCustomizer implements RestTemplateCustomizer {
+    private final Integer maxTotalConnections;
+    private final Integer defaultMaxTotalConnections;
+    private final Integer connectionRequestTimeout;
+    private final Integer socketTimeout;
+
+    public BlockingRestTemplateCustomizer(@Value("${sfg.maxtotlaconnections}") Integer maxTotalConnections,
+                                          @Value("${sfg.defaultmaxtotalconnections}") Integer defaultMaxTotalConnections,
+                                          @Value("${sfg.connectionrequesttimeout}") Integer connectionRequestTimeout,
+                                          @Value("${sfg.sockettimeout}") Integer socketTimeout) {
+        this.maxTotalConnections = maxTotalConnections;
+        this.defaultMaxTotalConnections = defaultMaxTotalConnections;
+        this.connectionRequestTimeout = connectionRequestTimeout;
+        this.socketTimeout = socketTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public ClientHttpRequestFactory clientHttpRequestFactory(){
+        PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = new PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager();
+        connectionManager.setMaxTotal(maxTotalConnections);
+        connectionManager.setDefaultMaxPerRoute(defaultMaxTotalConnections);
+
+        RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig
+                .custom()
+                .setConnectionRequestTimeout(connectionRequestTimeout)
+                .setSocketTimeout(socketTimeout)
+                .build();
+
+        CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients
+                .custom()
+                .setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
+                .setKeepAliveStrategy(new DefaultConnectionKeepAliveStrategy())
+                .setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig)
+                .build();
+
+        return new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(httpClient);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void customize(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
+        restTemplate.setRequestFactory(this.clientHttpRequestFactory());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/config/NIORestTemplateCustomizer.java b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/config/NIORestTemplateCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d2cd425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/config/NIORestTemplateCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.config;
+
+import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.CloseableHttpAsyncClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.nio.client.HttpAsyncClients;
+import org.apache.http.impl.nio.conn.PoolingNHttpClientConnectionManager;
+import org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.DefaultConnectingIOReactor;
+import org.apache.http.impl.nio.reactor.IOReactorConfig;
+import org.apache.http.nio.reactor.IOReactorException;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateCustomizer;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+/**
+ * Created by jt on 2019-08-07.
+ */
+//@Component
+public class NIORestTemplateCustomizer implements RestTemplateCustomizer {
+
+    public ClientHttpRequestFactory clientHttpRequestFactory() throws IOReactorException {
+        final DefaultConnectingIOReactor ioreactor = new DefaultConnectingIOReactor(IOReactorConfig.custom().
+                setConnectTimeout(3000).
+                setIoThreadCount(4).
+                setSoTimeout(3000).
+                build());
+
+        final PoolingNHttpClientConnectionManager connectionManager = new PoolingNHttpClientConnectionManager(ioreactor);
+        connectionManager.setDefaultMaxPerRoute(100);
+        connectionManager.setMaxTotal(1000);
+
+        CloseableHttpAsyncClient httpAsyncClient = HttpAsyncClients.custom()
+                .setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
+                .build();
+
+        return new HttpComponentsAsyncClientHttpRequestFactory(httpAsyncClient);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void customize(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
+        try {
+            restTemplate.setRequestFactory(clientHttpRequestFactory());
+        } catch (IOReactorException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8b137891..06f48575 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
+sfg.brewery.apihost=http://localhost:8080
 
+logging.level.org.apache.http=debug
+sfg.maxtotlaconnections=100
+sfg.defaultmaxtotalconnections=20
+sfg.connectionrequesttimeout=3000
+sfg.sockettimeout=3000
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diff --git a/src/test/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClientTest.java b/src/test/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93773f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.client;
+
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.BeerDto;
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.CustomerDto;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class BreweryClientTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    BreweryClient client;
+
+    @Test
+    void getBeerById() {
+        BeerDto dto = client.getBeerById(UUID.randomUUID());
+
+        assertNotNull(dto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSaveNewBeer() {
+        //given
+        BeerDto beerDto = BeerDto.builder().beerName("New Beer").build();
+
+        URI uri = client.saveNewBeer(beerDto);
+
+        assertNotNull(uri);
+
+        System.out.println(uri.toString());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUpdateBeer() {
+        //given
+        BeerDto beerDto = BeerDto.builder().beerName("New Beer").build();
+
+        client.updateBeer(UUID.randomUUID(), beerDto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testDeleteBeer() {
+        client.deleteBeer(UUID.randomUUID());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getCustomerById() {
+        CustomerDto dto = client.getCustomerById(UUID.randomUUID());
+
+        assertNotNull(dto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSaveNewCustomer() {
+        //given
+        CustomerDto customerDto = CustomerDto.builder().name("Joe").build();
+
+        URI uri = client.saveNewCustomer(customerDto);
+
+        assertNotNull(uri);
+
+        System.out.println(uri.toString());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUpdateCustomer() {
+        //given
+        CustomerDto customerDto = CustomerDto.builder().name("Jim").build();
+
+        client.updateCustomer(UUID.randomUUID(), customerDto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testDeleteCustomer() {
+        client.deleteCustomer(UUID.randomUUID());
+    }
+}
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